Show SULLIVAN TALKS OF THE No Way Jay to Beat the Booze Gam Says Former Champion PAYS PA YS RESPECTS TO FAKERS IDOL OF THE RING IN SALT LAKE FOR A WEEK as usual and breathing forth advice to old and young Oung gleaned from the store of his many experiences John L 1 Sullivan arrived In Salt Lake last night It Is the first time in many years ears that the idol of the American prize rin ring rind or to be more correct the idol of at atthe the American sporting public has been in Salt Lake But he had not been in inthe Inthe inthe the city three hours before he was mark marking marking marking ing the changes that had occurred since his last visit With the one and only John L arrived Jake Kilrain his sparring partner Frank Hall his manager and Arthur Reynolds For the next week the man who was the champion of the world orld for ten years will give the younger generation an opportunity ity to see just what the man who was the Idol of their fathers really realI looks like Well Past His Prime When they the see John L stripped for action they will see a man past the mid middle middle middie dle die of at life although he says he Is only twelve days older than President Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt velt whose arms and amI neck show at the first glance the athlete The ravages of time and other things have left their marks upon the onetime champion His Ills hair is white his well curled mustache white whito where whore the invigorator failed to connect and the amount of space taken by his 1113 hi waist line is out of proportion from any well regulated athletes measure measurements measurements measurements ments but he is an example of a well preserved champion Stories of oC John L have hae traveled from coast to coast times without number Once he was blind and penniless in Bos Bog Boston Boston ton Then he was dying ding of senile decay deca Then again it was something else The Theman Theman Theman man who walked Into the Knutsford ho hotel hotel hotel tel last night and signed signell his name as John L Sullivan did not appear as us though senile decay was on speaking terms with him Willing to The rhe train bringing him from Alexan Alexandria dna dria La LaP was several hours late and it was evening when the party arty arrived There were a large number of friends frien ls on hand to shake hands with the former champion After they had gone it was not long before Sullivan was re reclining reclining clining dining comfortably on a couch his fa favorite favorite favorite pipe between his teeth and a pair pall of expansive pajamas shaking in the evening Salt Lake breeze John L I is always willing to give ghe ad advice advIce advice vice Maybe he often figures that it Is good advice because it might have ma materially materially materially assisted him had he thought of I it during his heyday heda but It is all aU ad advice advice vice based upon an experience that is equal to almost any an mans Last night he was WasP tired d and seemed eem rather to prefer the tho solace of his pipe than to talk but gradually he began to say things as only John L can say them Because B cause Sullivan was for twelve years the recognized champiOn of the ring one would think that his first topic would i ibe he be about the ring Itself But he would I rather discuss politics the national top topics topIcs ics lea art in fact anything than the prize ring John Despises Fakers Of course the word prize t to crop out in the conversation The fakers takers have almost killed the game mused the champion lolling back backon on the pillows The fakers lakers will kill killan an anything thing they get into There is one rule of life that every young oung man ought to take and keep That is Be on the level If you ara ar not on the level leel you wont vont ont get along 1 I know I have been before the public for many man years I have seen men come and go but the only ones that stayed or did anything of account were the ones that were on the level Take fighters of ot the present da day What That do you ou hear but fake fake fake Who Vho can have confidence in the game with that condition of affairs But ButI I dont want to talk about the ring I am out of it But if It you want a good motto take this one Be on the level Value of Friends Fri ends Id rather have the friendship of a yellow dog than have his ill will ill Dont forget that continued Sullivan You can never make too many friends And you cant tell when the tho least of at those friends may be able to do you the greatest favor Be on the dead level be square and upright and get along Having dispensed some of oC his philosophy phy the big man leaned back hack and smoked his pipe again Talk turned bacK to the ring again and then Sullivan be began began began gan to tell stories As a story teller the former champion is in a class by himself Incidents picked up here and there dur during durIng during ing his years of travel come to his mind rapidly He has a n rare faculty for re remembering remembering remembering names and dates And his stories have the flavor that bring the faraway look to the faces of his auditors Jeff a Dead One Jeffries mused Sullivan when the name of the champion was mentioned Jeff Is a good one but he heIs heIs heis Is through with the ring He win another fight If he tried and he wont try No O man is Invincible Jeff Jer has had his day just as I had mine and now it Is for some younger man to step stepin in ln Of OC course Jeff old ol but he train for a fight without hurt hurtIng hurtIng Ing lag himself Say Sa do you know what the worst knockout blow s I mean menn the knockout blow for a fighter or for tor any alU man It a solar plexus pletus it a straight left to the jaw It Is nothing else than booze I As JOhn L said that tha he lie sank slink back with witha a kind of or quizzical smile Perhaps no noman noman noman man knows the truth of his assertion bet better better better ter than he does But for two years Sul Sal Sullivan Sullivan livan hivan has lived up to his pledges to keep away from the knockout and his clear face shows that he Is still clinging the cart Cant Beat It Yes he ho continued it will knock out the best of oC them You cant get Iet ahead of the booze game I know Ive IVf tried it and I had to give in and admit myself beaten Ma Maybe be you ou try tr to get the best of oC it by simply sparring by bj not going g In for thorough work VelI Well it will get the best of you ou in time It Is 15 bound to Then you will get mad and try to rough and n d tumble it with John Barleycorn Result R ul you ou are knocked out Yes sir you always take the ten t n count Take the advice of or a man that Knows know Be on the level and nd cut out the booze what John L 1 Sullivan says riS and he never gave anyone anone a bad tip in his life Ufe Memories of the memorable Kilrain Sullivan fight which is one of ot the tho class classics cla classics s ics of ot the ring will be bo brought to mind when these two stars of ot bygone days da S strip for the ring at the Salt Palace to tonight tonight tonight night Both floth are pa the prime of life but still both will serve sere to fo t o recall dax das s when men were mon nd there wasn t ta a fake cry every eOe y time tini a fight came off oft i |